Friday, October 24, 2008

Multi-touch Firefox!

A developer has just released a multi-touch compatible version of Firefox. Firefox is open-source so any developer can modify it and repackage it. It is only compatible with a MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air that has the multi-touch trackpad. The gestures that are in this release of Firefox are:

swipe: move three fingers on the trackpad on any directiontwist: rotate two fingerspinch: move two fingers away or closer to each other

What you can do with the gestures:

Swipe Left: Go back in history [press Cmd to open it in a tab]Swipe Right: Go forwards in historySwipe Up: Go to the top of the pageSwipe Down: Go to the end of the pagePinch Together: Zoom outPinch Apart: Zoom inTwist Right: Next tabTwist Left: Previous tab

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Minefield is not a development by a developer but Mozilla itself. Its an internal for the next version of Firefox. Also, the available software is nightly builds of Minefield, so it is not recommended if you are afraid of instability.For more details: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minefield/